Silver Clip Mine

The Silver Clip Mine is a silver mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,099 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Clip Mine
Secondary: Blaine
Secondary: Clip Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Silver District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: The Beds, Which Generally Dip At Low Angles, Are Extensively Shattered In Several Directions. The Most Extensive Fissuring Trends N25e, With Steep Westward Dip, And Another Prominent System Strikes Northward, With Steep Eastward Dip. Many Faults Of Undetermined Throw Strike North-Northeast, North, And Northwest, With Westward Dips

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Carbonatization, Silicification

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 20 TO 140 OZS. AG/TON

Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Barite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): AT THE 120 FT LEVEL ORE SHOOTS TERMINATE OR PINCHOUT. TRANSVERSE FAULTS INCREASED ORE VALUES. MINERALIZATION IS ALONG A FUALT ZONE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE 5 LEVELS OF DRIFTS AT APPROXIMATELY FORTY-FOOT INTERVALS

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000096 OF FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 56.

Reference (Deposit): PARKER, F.Z., 1966, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER DISTRICT, TRIGO MOUNTAINS YUMA COUNTY ARIZONA: MASTERS THESIS SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 3, 185 P.

Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 56

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